Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.